Candle.



ATTORNEY? T. A. LYNCH.

CANDLE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 20, 1912.

1,067,184. Patented July 8,1913. 7

WITNESSES INVENTOR IINIE THOMAS A. LYNCH, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CANDLE.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, THOMAS A. LYNCH, acitizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York,borough of the Bronx, in the county and State of New York, have inventeda new and Improved Candle, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description.

Among the principal objects which the present invention has in view isto provide a simple and efficient means for preventing the burning ofcandles below apredetermined section thereof.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is aside elevation, partly in section, of a candle constructedand arranged in accordance with the present invention; Fig. 2 is asection showing the lower end fragment of a candle which has burnedbelow the feeding point for the wick; and Fig. 3 is a vertical sectionshowing the lower end fragment of a candle constructed in accordancewith a modified form of the present invention.

The candle 8 is of conventional design and construction. The wick 9 isformed. to any desired length, being governed by the extent to which itis predetermined the candle shall burn. To hold the wick 9 above'themelted wax, a short wire support 10 is provided, fixedly attached to theend of the wick, any suitable means for effecting the attachment beingemployed. As shown in the accomp-anying drawings, the means employed isto form a small spiral 11 at the end of the support 10.

As is well known, candles are usually constructed in pairs, each candleextending from a median section which, after the candles have beenmanufactured, is severed. It is in order to permit this severance that Iprovide a connecting section 12 which is preferably constructed of wickmaterial. It will be understood, however, that any mate rial which willnot melt when the hot wax is poured into the mold and which may bereadily severed by the cutting tool which subsequently parts the twocandles, may be employed. I use the wick material merely Specificationof Letters Patent.

Application filed September 20, 1812.

Patented July 8, 1913.

Serial No. 721,383.

because the same is more convenient. The section 12 is secured at eachend of duplicate supports 10 by any suitable means, that shown in thedrawings being a spiral 13.

In Fig. 3 0f the drawings, a modified form is shown, wherein the support14 is employed. The support 1% differs from the support 12 only in thatit is formed of alength suitable to extend through the candle, to forman anchorage in the mold for the wick 9. In manufacturing candles of thedescription in which the support 14 is employed, the candles are eachsingly molded.

It will be understood that the supports 10 and 1% may be of any lengthdesired. It will be understood that certain candles, such as thoseemployed in sacred rites, are unusually long, and where unprotected, areapt to burn for a great length of time, destroying the candle andlimiting its use to a single function. When manufactured in conformitywith. the present invention, the length to which the candle will burnmay be limited to the known length of time occupied by the particularservice. In other cases, the supports are formed to a length whichprevents the burning wick to fall below the upper edge of and within thewall of the metal or other holder 15, thus avoiding the generation ofheat therein which effects a marring of the holder.

In its operation, the candle burns as usual until the wick is consumedto the support 10 and the holding end 11 thereof. The unconsumed portionof the wick is held suspended and prevented from following the meltedwax below the holding portion of the support 10. hen the melted materialpasses below and out of contact with the wick, the capillary action ofthe latter is suspended and the light of the wick therefore fails.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

1. A candle, comprising a body portion formed of suitable material; aplurality of wick sections embedded in said body portion and exposed ateach end of said body portion, said wick sections being spaced apartwithin said body portion; and a wire connection engaging said wicksections and em bedded in said body portion.

2. A candle, having a body portion formed completely of oleaginousmaterial; a In testimony whereof, I have signed my wick shorter thansaid body portion and exname to thls specifieatlon 1n the presence oftending through one end thereof; and a nontwo subscribing Witnesses.

combustible support rigidly engaging the THOMAS A. LYNCH. 5 inner end ofsaid wick and extending Vitnesses:

through the butt end of said body portion to r E. F. HURDOOK,

rest on the base support for said candle. PHILIP D. RoLLHAUs.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Eatencs,

Washington, I). C.

